Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1161 Jiangbei ([-])

"Hurry up, call Qinghe County, everyone will have meat to eat! There will be money! Arrive within ten days, each person will be given four silver dollars, and I will never break my promise!" On April 1658, 4, in the tidal flats on the north bank of the Yellow River More than 21 officers and soldiers like mud monkeys in Division No. 11 are marching hard.

Their new division commander is Bogdan, former director of the Heishui County Public Security Bureau and head of the militia brigade.The reason why this Albanian was able to get to this position was also due to Liang Xiangjian’s strong recommendation, coupled with the fact that he had served in the Blackwater area for many years and had sufficient military experience (he raised troops against the Ottomans in Albania), so he took the seat On the throne of the temporary No.11 division commander.

And after he became the division commander, under Liang Xiangjian's instruction, he eliminated the 1000 most vulnerable people in the division and prepared to send them to the mainland to farm.As for the vacant vacancies, thousands of Shandan sergeants carefully selected from the four counties of Heishui will be filled to increase combat power, and at the same time increase Liang's indirect influence on the division.

However, even if a thousand old and weak soldiers are replaced, this provisional No.11 division is still a weak servant division. After all, this division originally came from the remnants of Huang Binqing's defeated generals in the Zhoushan Rush Lu Wang's troops and the East Bank are a little unhappy), the combat power is limited, the morale is even lower, and the training time is also short, it is purely self-deception to say how much the combat power has been improved.

Fortunately, they did not plan to use them as vanguards in this battle to enter Huai'an Mansion. Liao Xiaoyao, who was in command at the front line, took the 4th, 9th, and 10th divisions of the new army and the two battalions of the stand-up team as the main force. Most of the more than 1 soldiers are old soldiers, and they have rich experience in fighting all the year round. With them, as long as they are not besieged by the Green Battalion of the Qing Dynasty several times, they will not be wiped out by relying on the navy.

Oh, by the way, in addition to the main force advancing along the Yellow River, there is also a partial division in the north that landed at the mouth of the Guanhe River, including 3500 left battalion soldiers led by Dashun Yuan Bao and He Daoning, and [-] troops from the King of Lu's army. The soldiers of the land division, and more than [-] officers and soldiers of the Zheng's navy are responsible for their logistical supplies.

This group of troops is expected to dispatch about 8000 soldiers (with [-] North Korean military men). With the cooperation of the navy, they will go up the Shuoguan River and enter Shuoxiang Lake (at this time, Shuoxiang Lake is not Completely freshwater lake, due to seawater intrusion and river water injection from the Huanghuai River Basin, the area is extremely large, almost thousands of square kilometers, and the water depth is sufficient), and looking for opportunities to attack Shuyang and Suqian, where the Qing army was weak, and at the same time guard Haizhou in the north There may be some Qing soldiers going south in the direction, and overall the combat mission is not heavy.

The main army on the South Road consists of the Standing Team, the Servant Division, the Forbidden Army of the Korean Imperial Battalion (about 3000 people), the First Division of Dashun Zuoying (about 2000 people), the Li Yuanyin Department of Guangdong (about 8000 people) and some East Coast technology Composed of arms, the number of soldiers exceeds 4.2, and the strength can be described as extremely strong.If we count the [-] naval officers and soldiers of the Royal Lu Department and the [-] North Korean soldiers responsible for logistics and transportation, the total strength of the South Route Army exceeds [-], which is extremely frightening——Liao Xiaoyao launched a war as soon as he took office. Such a large-scale battle not only transported all the military reserves of the Blackwater Pioneering Team over the past two years to the front line, but also imposed war taxes on Ningbo Prefecture (the underground treasury on Sakhalin Island also paid part of the military expenses in advance).If such a huge investment cannot be recovered in Huai'an Mansion, it must be said that it will be a huge blow to Commander Liao's reputation.

Of course Commander Liao would not let such a thing happen!Ever since, you saw the temporary No.11 division running wildly on the north bank of the Yellow River! On April 4, the division crossed the 26 troops of the Korean Imperial Barracks (General Gu Hong) who were trekking hard, and went straight to the city of Andong County, Huai'an Prefecture.After his words failed, Bogdan ordered a forcible siege of the city, and fought for half a day. After handing over the task of collecting the population to the North Korean general Gu Hong who came later, the Temporary Eleventh Division continued to advance towards the important town of Qinghe County. Go--the four thousand officers and soldiers in the whole division are thinking about the four silver dollars in bonuses promised by their superiors.

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Just when the main force of the South Route Army was marching at an armed speed—although this speed was greatly slowed down by poor traffic conditions (tidal flats, swamps, and silted and difficult rivers)—it quickly conquered a series of Qing states on both sides of the Yellow River. When they were in town, the North Road Pianshi finally arrived at the west bank of Shuoxiang Lake by boat, and then prepared to enter Shuyang County to collect people.The Qing army they faced along the way was even more empty. Most of the enemy troops in Gein Jiangbei were concentrated in the territory of Yangzhou Prefecture. Huai'an Prefecture has always been a place of confidantes. There are very few people on the east bank who harass them, so it is not difficult to understand the lack of troops , maybe everyone can only really meet the main force of the Qing army when they march to Huai'an City and Qingjiangpu area.

On April 4, Bogdan's Temporary Eleventh Division arrived in Qinghe County on the north bank of the Yellow River as scheduled.After learning that most of the soldiers from Qinghe County had been transferred to Qingjiangpu on the south bank to assist in the defense, the morale of the division was overwhelmed, and it took this relatively affluent city without any effort, and then immediately started the forced relocation of materials and personnel. Made a great contribution (picked up a big leak).

On the same day, after more than ten days of hard marching, the main force led by Liao Xiaoyao arrived at the eastern suburbs of Shanyang County (that is, Huai'an Fucheng). Passing through Shanyang County, which was guarded behind closed doors, defeated a Qing Army Green Camp with reinforcements from Qingjiangpu with more than [-] people at the fastest speed, and then approached Qingjiangpu, a well-known water transport node in the world, and the morale of the Qing army plummeted !

"Commander, the Qing army's military deployment in Huai'an Mansion is quite satisfactory, that is, heavily deployed along the canal to ensure normal water transportation. For example, there are more than 16 soldiers stationed at the four sluices of Qingjiang, Fuxing, Xinzhuang, and Yifeng. There are also more than [-] river defense soldiers on the ground. The strength of the Dahe Guards guarding the Lihe Canal south of Huai'an Fucheng is unknown, but it is estimated that there are thousands of people. In addition, most of the Qing army is concentrated in Shanyang County and Qingjiang Puyi. The two places are at the corner of each other, and the combined strength is estimated to be no less than [-]. Therefore, we estimate that the Qing army has a total of more than [-] garrisoned in the Green Battalion and the Eight Banners in the surrounding area. Gathering (in fact, it can't be assembled, the areas each guards are very important) will be extremely beneficial to our army. Maybe there are still some Qing troops in Shuyang, Suqian, Pizhou, and Haizhou in the north, but it is impossible to go south in a hurry. Going south in Shuyang will also be blocked by our North Route Army, so there is plenty of time left for our army to eat the big piece of meat in Qingjiangpu." The staff officers accompanying the army surrounded Liao Xiaoyao in a simple temporary camp. Said in an extremely excited tone: "Commander Liao, all [-] gunboats of the navy have entered the Yellow River-Hongze Lake-Canal line for many days, and the Qing army's north-south water transport has been virtually cut off. Many boats are still pulling in the silted and difficult Yellow River, and it is estimated that it will take several days to arrive.) If we come here again, this Hongze Lake will be our world, and even a single ship of the Qing army will not be able to escape..."

Liao Xiaoyao noticed that the staff used the word "fat" to describe Qingjiangpu, and he agreed with this, because in Qingjiangpu, a town that was developed due to water transportation, many people from the east bank gathered to seize it. Then fast high-value targets - such as the Changying Warehouse for storage and transshipment of grain (more than [-] shi of rice and wheat are stored annually, managed by the department of the prison household located here), such as the collection of shipping materials (a kind of tax) For example, the "Qingjiang Governor Shipyard" located in Qingjiang Pu Town (responsible for repairing and building tank ships, managed by the factory supervision department located here).

In particular, the Qingjiang Governor Shipyard was listed by the Southern Theater Command as the most valuable target for the first priority before the expedition.This large-scale "state-owned enterprise" specializing in the construction and repair of tank ships was founded in the early Ming Dynasty and has always been the largest inland bay shipyard. It is said that some of Zheng He's treasure ships were built in the early years, which shows its strength.

Since the development of Qingjiang Shipyard, the scale has become extremely large. It is divided into four major factories: Jingwei, Zhongdu, Zhili and Weihe. Among them, Jingwei has 34 branches, Zhongdu has 12 branches, Zhili The factory has 18 branch factories, Weihe factory has 18 branch factories, a total of 82 branch factories, and nearly [-] craftsmen, dentists, officers, and soldiers.The factory buildings and sheds stretch out for more than ten miles, and the scale is extremely large. Every year, about [-] water transport ships are built, and the technical force and production capacity are extremely strong-such a huge asset that makes people envious, how can everyone in the Blackwater development team know? How can I sit still!It can be said that Liao Xiaoyao Commander Liao can not attack Huai'an City, can continue water transportation, and even can not rob Changying warehouse and Chaoguan, but he will never let go of the tens of thousands of people (including family members) in Qingjiang Governor Shipyard. Migration is impossible!

What?You said that the three major local shipyards already have more than 200 craftsmen, and the shipbuilding capacity is already surplus?Hehe, that was before!With the rapid development of industry, commerce and marine insurance on the east coast, the society’s demand for transport ships is increasing. Didn’t you see that the Southern Railway Company and Air Canada Company are waving their checkbooks and placing orders to build ships one after another?In addition, trade in Ottoman Asia and Africa, Persia, Oman, East African coasts, and parts of India has gradually developed relying on Xinhua Island, and the annual trade volume has repeatedly hit new highs, which intensifies the demand for ocean-going transport ships!Therefore, these tens of thousands of shipbuilders are very important, at least they are rich in experience, and they only need a short period of adaptation to work. It is no wonder that Shangfeng regards them as a huge property (valued at more than [-] million yuan ).

Thanks to the rapid advance of the naval gunboats on the east coast, thousands of tank boats moored at Qingjiangpu waiting to pass the lock were blocked in the river port, and there were still a large number of tank boats stranded in the canal, Yellow River, Huaihe River and Hongze Lake. The boats were in constant panic. Some of them had been detained by the people from the east coast, and most of them were forced into Hongze Lake by the gunboats of the east coast navy, and they became shackles.

Hundreds of thousands of shi rice and wheat in the Changying warehouse, countless silver in the banknotes, countless gold and silver goods in the water tanks, tens of thousands of craftsmen in the Qingjiang Governor Shipyard, and a population of 10 in Qingjiang Pu, who will question it at this time? Commander Liao's decision to send troops to Huai'an Mansion will probably be sprayed to death by the saliva of all the soldiers of the Blackwater Pioneering Team.

(End of this chapter)